Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-09
The Anti-LiquOr Crusade.
HOW TEE ILLINOIS HIGH LIcESsE-LoCAL OPTION Law


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VIM II Harper. of chicago, the author OF the IA
nous Harper hign-lcense law OF Illinois, which
has done for that state what the Scott law do
Ing for Ohio when it was declared unconstitu-
tional, Is In New YORK. To Tribune reporter he
said: ''Our law Is practically onIy the temper
aDce plank IN your State platform Carried out
That was The nrst thought which occurred 70 me on
rea1ing he work Of your saratoga convention
Like your plank, our law, as you Know, combines
the features OF loc option with hign license. Tue
minimum Tar Is 500 on whisky AID $50 on beer,
with the right OF course, OF each cunmunity TO
increase thes- much they please, or refuse
COUNT Is me sTrictest prohibition prevails Orhers
run up the license fee % high as 10 make dealing
In any kind OF liquor an expensive luxury, TO say
either g. 900 or g. 100; in another $500, and in
aDOthe a lee OF $1,000 Is charged-practlcal pro-
hibition you see Merely collars and cents cannot
measure the b-nerits secured 10 the peOpie OF
Illinois By sucn law, but Its many advantages
and pecuniaTy results are certainly aston
isning. Take Chicago. for example, where live.
Under he old law, with a population OF 10000
we mad 3soo saloons from which derived rev.
enue Oh soOu. $1,000. Now, wltn over 100000
viii, h we are receiving 81, 10000 In return. In
Hyde Park, one OF our suburbs, there used 10 be
fees. To-day there are little over nalf that nun
Der, but TIE revenue from them Il ne rly x75. COO
Not only this; crime has also decreased For the
two ears prior 70 the enactment or the Law there
were ], SO arrests In hyde Park, against 67s
made ID The same period since
spfluSnciQ tuc uQuDcr OF saloons mas been
red1eed from Isl 70 lo4, or about - per cent while
the revenue mas been decreased from about SIS 900
10 So OOo. or 81 per cent Peoria, before the
went INTO effect, had 10 saloons, paying reve-
hue OF ST. 10O since then. with an increased popu-
latiOn anc aUogt h4f the nuinber OF drinking
places, the city receives nearly $4,000 or nearIy
tnrice as nuca as previously: and In. number OF
yearly arrests has been 1874 less than under he od
regime 1 might 20 on IN this way for an hour.
Statistics numoeriess and fncontrUyertiDie could
De aided showing the incSlcuiabie benefits OF
The Law 70 the people and 10 the municipal corpo-
ratiOns throas nout the state: but IL is nardy
necessary. In the state at large the revenues de-
rived from the enforcement or the law have been
increased IRON t7O0.o0o 10 nearly <5.OO0Oo0 thus
10 this extent lesseDing the burden taxation on
other articles The humber 4 saloons in Illinois
has been cut down IrOm IL 900 % less Jnan 10 OtJ
despite me me Ease u popualion. By this new
source OF revenue Inc cities OF the state-Chic
Springfield, Peoria, Quincy, Bloomington, Jack
sonvlllr, and oJhers-uaye been enabled 10 ID ,ye
in.s, improve their police forcs-s, general order
and sanitary conditions"
The Charleston W. Va, Duiiy !Sar publishes the
following: 1T Is reported that IN Boone County
the forest nTes have caused sucn an unnaLura
and pUttI8g out new Ieayes and blossoms In
places where the fires nave been RAGING the Their
inoineter mas marked 80 degrees
TEE RED FLAG IN FKASck-The various CON-
munis &c populations present at the funeral OF the
CoInmuniss Potter In Paris Tuesday attempted 70
alsp.-J red nass- out tue ponce inlener-u AMI a
not ensued- Inc police drew their sabers ana
caalsro upoL inc crowd, anu inc fcd nAso aisAp-
psared- alter wnich tue procession was permit Ell
70 move unmolested Al the cemetery violent
harangues In advocacy OF the commune were de-
nyereG-
NEW FoUsDLANp's REPKssENrAnvE-At telegram
lrom hdillx, n =, says: lion J. ;. Winters,
new fOunciAnds rep esentauve at the deilorr =
tlons Of the International Fisheries Commission,
koes 70 asn1p gton In sort OF unofficial apaclty.
de nas ooen dciegatS q BY the NeS Found and gov
ernment, OF wElea ne Is a MEMBER 10 atrend the
session OF the Commission ror the purpose OF i'm
parting 70 the BRUSH commissioners q better ua-
esSsl4ndnS OF what Is desired oy the colony.